Comic Book Archives

TARZAN The Joe Kubert Years Volume 1Highly Recommended. Introduction by Joe Kubert. This huge archival collection—featuring several Tarzan essays and original page layouts by Joe Kubert, along with collaborations with Russ Heath and Frank Thorne—is a must-have collection. Kubert’s undeniable intensity and skill take on the origjnal ERB novels, beginning with Tarzan of the Apes, Return of Tarzan, Jungle Tales of Tarzan, and Tarzan and the Lion Man. Reprinting 28 complete issues: #207–235 of Kubert’s 1970s Tarzan run—every issue that he adapted, wrote and drew! Dark Horse, 2016. ...More.

THE PHANTOM The Complete Series The Charlton Years Volume 5Collects #65-74, 1975-77. Recommended. By Joe Gill, Nicola Cuti, Don Newton, et al. Art by Don Newton, Joe Sherwood, Frank Bolle. The mid-1970s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious color! Hermes Press has collected, concluding with this volume, all 74 issues of The Phantom comic books that ran from 1962-1977. This book collects the last 10 stories from the series which features stories and artwork by the inimitable Don Newton. Hermes, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: PHN05H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$60.00$49.95

Just volumes 2 and 3 are in print right now, at $49.99, your price $39.99 each. Also available are daily and Sundays collections from the Golden Age.

WONDER WOMAN By George Perez Volume 1Collects Wonder Woman #1-14 + more, 1985-2004. Recommended. By George Perez, Lein Wein and Greg Potter. Art by George Perez. Once upon a time, the world’s greatest heroine was reimagined by a comic book legend. More than forty years after debuting in All Star Comics #8, Wonder Woman was reshaped by the legendary George Pérez and returned to the public eye in 1986. She was met with such acclaim that Pérez’s original commitment of six months was extended, and extended, until almost five years had passed. In collaboration with co-writer Len Wein and inker Bruce Patterson, Pérez spearheaded Wonder Woman’s adventures for years, leading her to an unprecedented level of success. DC, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: WWGP01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 352pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

We have plenty more Wonder Woman, from her history in comics to statues and the lastest graphic novels.

CORTO MALTESE Volume 4 The EthiopianRecommended. By Hugo Pratt. When Corto Maltese arrives in the Middle East and Africa in 1918, the shifting sands and loyalties reveal colonial powers still battling for domination over each other and the indigenous people. The desert of Yemen, controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire, is the setting for “In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate,” where Corto meets Cush, the Danikil warrior with whom he establishes a close yet conflicted relationship. Plus three more long adventures. IDW, 2016. ...More.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS Incredible Hulk Volume 10Collects #171-183, 1983-84. By Len Wein, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway et al. Art by Herb Trimpe. The first appearance of Wolverine (in #181)--now one of the most valuable comics of the Bronze Age! And it's right here, along with rough character studies by Romita! The Abomination, Juggernaut and Rhino are just the first in a murderer's row of earth-shaking enemies. Then, a battle with the Cobalt Man will send Hulk raging to Attilan, home of the Inhumans! To save their hidden city, they launch Hulk into deep space - but a mean green course correction lands Hulk on Counter-Earth! Introductions by both Roy Thomas and Len Wein, both newly written for this. Marvel, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: MMI10H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

We also can special-order the variant cover edition, done in the style of the earliest Marvel Masterworks with a smaller cover image surrounded by an embossed border. [MMI10HV. Marvel Masterworks Incredible Hulk 10 HC Variant. Same price/discount.

Moebius’ & Jodorowsky’s The Incal

THE INCALBy Alexandro Jodorowsky. Art by Moebius, Yves Chaland, Zoran Janjetov. John Difool, a low-level detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool’s adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy’s greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. These encounters and many more make up a tale of comic and cosmic proportions that has Difool fighting for not only his very survival, but also the survival of the entire universe. Nudity, adult themes. Humaniods, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

FINAL INCALBy Alexandro Jodorowsky. Art by Ladrönn. Lowly class ‘R’ detective John Difool and his faithful companion, Deepo, are unwillingly hurled into yet another universe-saving mission, as their world is faced with the threat of an all-devouring metallic virus. Visionary storyteller Jodorowsky returns to the epic mythology he created with the late Moebius in the early 80s. For the conclusion of the legendary spiritual space adventure series, he partners with Eisner-winning artist Ladrönn, whose work is very much in the Moebius style. A world-spanning sci-fi epic! Humaniods, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

BEFORE THE INCALBy Alexandro Jodorowsky. Art by Zoran Janjetov. The prequel to Moebius and Jodorowsky's masterpiece The Incal, this story cycle recounts the youth of John Difool and the adventures that propelled him into his encounter with the mighty artifact known as the Incal. Written by Alexandro Jodorowsky, who once again builds on the vast universe he has created and developed over many different titles, and drawn by European sensation Zoran Janjetov, Before The Incal is here compiled into a single volume. Nudity, adult themes. Humaniods, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Pre-Code Horror

DARK MYSTERIES #19Replica edition. Originally published August, 1954. The eighth issue of the Replica series features a scarce and in-demand torture cover that illustrates the best (or worst) of pre-code horror comics, never before collected and from an offbeat, obscure publisher (Master). And wait, there's more! There's an "injury to eye" story, "Born in the Grave," "Snow Madness," and "Never to Die." There's even an "EC Swipe" here, another little tidbit that gets the write-ups and the interest in the Overstreet Guide. Canton Street, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: DM19
Comic, 7x10, 32 pages, Full Color
$14.99

We have all the Replica Editions in stock, except the Black Cat which has sold out.

PRE-CODE CLASSICS THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED Volume 2Collects #8-14, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. Art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty, Bud Thompson, Bob Powell et al. Here's another very collectible but half-forgotten title in the great tradition of the likes of EC Comics and the Harvey Horrors--this from Fawcett, a far cry from their Captain Marvel family books. But in keeping with Fawcett's high standards, this boasts an A-list of contributors, good stories...and Doctor Death! Gnarled and twisted tales of post-death revenge and retribution, inlcuding some superlative work by the obscure but top-notch Bob McCarty (who's been mistaken for Bernard Baily) and Bob Powell artwork. Two severed-head covers and a burning skull cover are here, and that’s just the beginning... PS Artbooks, 2016. ...More.

ALSO AVAILABLEPRE-CODE CLASSICS THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED Volume 1Collects #1-7, 1951-52. Highly Recommended. By Shelly Moldoff, George Evans, Bernard Bailey et al. Here's another forgotten but highly collected title in the great tradition of EC, this time from Fawcett, home to Capt. Marvel. George Evans is the standout here, doing horror tales just before his work at EC, and it’s truly exceptional. Also here: some great Bob Powell. Fawcett was a step above the average comics publisher and it shows here in their premier horror title, which lasted for two years and then was continued by Charlton, where many classic Ditko stories would appear. PS Artbooks, 2016. ...More.

PRE-CODE CLASSICS JOURNEY INTO FEAR Volume 2Collects #8-14, 1952-53. Hey, it’s all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of ‘em)--some of them even still sporting their heads—witches, ghosts, werewolves and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business. The publisher knew beautiful girls sold, so lots of tales feature nice young ladies being threatened with every sort of ghastly peril. And often it comes to be. Another wild title from Superior, one of the most extreme of the pre-code comics publishers (which makes them the most fun). PS Artbooks, 2016....More.

ALSO AVAILABLE
PRE-CODE CLASSICS JOURNEY INTO FEAR Volume 1Collects #1-7, 1951-52. 30 stories. Competing with EC's Tales from the Crypt et al, publisher Superior had the famous "Iger Shop" (who'd done all the Fiction House stories for years) crank out the weirdest, most outré stories they could think up. All in the famous "Jack Kamen-ish" style that they'd learned sold so well, even after Kamen was long gone from their staff! They also figured out skeletons, monsters and pretty girls sold books, so every cover varied that common theme for those early 1950s kids who wanted a good scare. PS Artbooks, 2016. ...More.

Graphic Novels

HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1953Highly Recommended. By Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson. Art by Ben Stenbeck, Michael Walsh. Hellboy and his mentor Bruttenholm travel across England and confront the phantom hand of a murderer, a demonic water spirit, and some of the most horrible figures of British folklore—Rawhead Rex and Bloody-Bones. Back in the States, Hellboy rejoins the team from 1952 as a monster with possible ties to an earlier mission ravages a suburban community. Dark Horse, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: HE1953
Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color
$19.99 $16.99

ALSO AVAILABLEHELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1952Collects #1-5. Highly Recommended. By Mike Mignola and John Arcudi. Art by Alex Maleev. A bizarre series of murders and rumors of something worse lead Professor Bruttenholm to send a young Hellboy to a Brazilian village on his very first mission. Hellboy and a small group of agents uncover something terrible in the shadows of a sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress, something out of Lovecraft...while one of the BPRD agents is secretly trying hard to assassinate our red-horned hero! Dark Horse, 2015. ...More.

ROCKETEER AT WARCollects #1-4. By Marc Guggenheim. Art by Dave Bullock and J. Bone. Europe, 1942-the world is at war! As the Allies battle against the Axis, able bodied men everywhere enlist in the war effort, including Cliff Secord. Secord, also known as The Rocketeer, has been thrust full throttle into the heat of battle, and-with or without his jet pack-he will depend on his wits and daring if he is to survive! IDW, 2016. ...More.

THUN'DA Volume 1By Robert Place Napton, Gardner Fox, Cliff Richards, Frank Frazetta, Jae Lee. After a military helicopter crashes in a remote valley in Africa, a lone survivor awakens without memory of his identity or mission. From the wreckage, he learns only his name: Roger Drum. Armed with instinctive survival skills, the amnesiac roams his new surroundings, discovering a bizarre lost world of dinosaurs, mammoths, sabretooth tigers, and primitive human tribes.This is Thun'da, with his origin story here by Frank Frazetta plus a new telling of his origin and further adventures, from five issues of the new comic from Dynamite. Dynamic Forces, 2016. ...More.

THE DARK HORSE COMICS/DC SUPERMANRecommended. By Dan Jurgens, Chuck Dixon and Mike Allred. Art by Dan Jurgens, Mike Allred,Kevin Nowlan et al. Between 1991 and 2007 Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics collaborated on an unprecedented level, pitting their top franchises against one another in no-holds-barred throwdowns! In this first Dark Horse collection of these epic battles, Superman takes on Aliens, Tarzan, and Mike Allred’s Madman! Over 400 pages of material containing four full Superman story arcs from Dan Jurgens, Chuck Dixon, and Mike Allred, original covers, pin up and sketchbook art from the original creative teams. Dark Horse, 2016. ...More.

Item Code: DHSUP
Soft Cover, 7x10, 416pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

Statues, Strips & Art

CTHULHU Miniature Statue GreySpecial limited quantity. Recommended. By Richard Luong. Sculpted by Martin Canale. This is a cool and unique statue; we were introduced to it at San Diego Comic-Con and it's very limited. The original was designed to be used with Cthulhu Wars, the board game. But the creator made up extra, unpainted (grey) statues to offer at the shows, and we had to offer this. It's very nicely detailed and can be painted or will look great just the way it is now. Our supply may be limited. . Out of Print....More.

Item Code: CTHM
6" tall, $35.00

ALSO AVAILABLETHE COMPLETE FICTION OF HP LOVECRAFTAt last--Bargain-Priced! Highly Recommended. HPL's sole novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between 1917 and 1935, Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures, supernatural thrills, and science-fiction, that have influenced writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Includes The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales. Chartwell, 2014. ...More.

Item Code: CFHPH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 1102pg, Text Only $14.99

See our website for Cthulhu prose collections, H.P. Lovecraft prose collections (in fancy slipcase, and also annotated), and graphic novels.
Also one of my favorite HPL items is H.P. Lovecraft'sLand of Dreams Print, signed by artist Jason Bradley Thompson [HPLDP. $30, closeout price $20]. We have just four left. Bradley also illustrated the excellent graphic novel adaptation of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. Just one copy is left. [DQUKHS. $24.95, your price $14.95].

WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA STATUE DIAMOND EYE Variant J Scott CampbellLimited, 199! An extremely Limited Edition Vampirella statue based on the work of comics sensation J. Scott Campbell and sculpted by the talented Jason Smith, featuring our blood-craving heroine with a twinkle in her eye. Each eye is a glass "diamond" rather than the normal hand-coloring of the other editions. Hand-painted cold-cast porcelain, 12" in height with a 6" base. This variant edition of the first Women of Dynamite statue comes packaged in a four-color box with a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Only five available. Dynamite, 2016. Out of Print....More.

EXODUS THE Art of Michael Hayes Volume 3 SignedSigned! Highly Recommended. The third art book by award winning artist Michael C. Hayes. Calling this a convention sketchbook doesn't do it justice, although Michael has certainly produced this to offer to fans at shows he attends. We first met him at the Spectrum show and are hugely impressed by his talent. In the same classical, full-blown painting style you see from Donato Giancola, here is fantasy--and fantasy women--brilliantly executed and with warm, rich colors and detail. Michael Hayes...More.

Item Code: EXODS
Soft Cover, 8x12, 48pg, Full Color
$20.00

ALSO AVAILABLEAWAKENING The Art of Michael C. Hayes Volume 2 SignedSigned! Highly Recommended. By Michael C. Hayes. Volume Two picks up where Prologue left off and chronicles Michael's work from 2012 and 2013. This has more pages, more art, more behind the scenes photos, and includes a step-by-step glimpse of his painting process. But what we like most about this, which is more an art book than a sketchbook, is the fully finished pieces juxtaposed with the preliminary sketches and model photographs. Hayes is an award-winning Spectrum artist. 2014. ...More.

Item Code: AWAKS
Soft Cover, 8x12, 46pg, Full Color
$20.00

DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOM COMICS Volume 2Recommended. By Carl Barks, Giorgio Cavazzano, John Loter, et al. Stories tied together by the beloved Disneyland theme park, from both U.S. and European originals. For instance, in "Plunkett's Emporium," Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold fight a big Adventureland battle--first published in Denmark in 1992! And Carl Barks' Donald Duck beats the Beagle Boys while "Mastering the Matterhorn" from the comic book Vacation in Disneyland from 1959. And "Incredible Disneyland Adventure" from 1985 from Italy's Topolino magazine! Perfect for younger readers. IDW, 2016. ...More.

KRAZY KAT 1934Library of American Comics 8. Highly Recommended. By George Herriman. The year includes homages to old jokes and bricks, followed by playful references to sex, drink, and even drugs. The daily Krazy Kat strips are often Herriman's most personal works and standouts from this year include Krazy Kat's attempt to write a memoir and the Kat's quietly waiting for the last leaf of "ottim" to fall (a tender scene that finds echoes in Charles Schulz's drawing of Linus admiring the last autumn leaf's stubborn spirit). It could also be argued that the daily is more accessible to the new reader. IDW, 2016. ...More.

See our website for previous releases in this series: Baron Bean 1916 by Herriman, Tarzan of the Apes by Hal Foster, Alley Oop by Hamlin (the first time-travel sequence), The Bungle Family and The Gumps (The Saga of Mary Gold). The 3rd release, Polly and Her Pals, is out of print. But the two Polly Sunday collections remain available.

New on Sale

PRE-CODE CLASSICS The Thing Volumes 1 & 2 SlipcasedCloseout Price! Collects #1-17, 1952-54. Limited, 300! Highly Recommended. By Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Bob Forgione, John Belfi, Al Fago, Albert Tyler, et al. We never before handled this bound set of both issues, and now they are at a super-bargain price. But only while our limited supply lasts. Starting off with a seminal early cover by Steve Ditko, herein you'll find some very, VERY strange pre-code tales from the fledgling Charlton Comics Group. Both feature long, fully illustrated 16-page introductions by comics expert Lawrence Watt-Evans that puts this strangest of titles into context with its 1950s counterparts. PS Artbooks, 2013. ...More.

See all of our on-sale PS Art Books on our website. Order now, they are selling well and some titles will become unavailable soon, particularly the slipcased editions.

THE WORLD OF A WAYWARD COMIC BOOK ARTISTCloseout Price! Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Sandy Plunkett, foreword by Michael WM Kaluta. A fascinating look at the creative processes of Sandy Plunkett. A self-taught illustrator and comic book artist, Plunkett came of age in New York City during the '60s and '70s and began drawing for Marvel Comics at eighteen. Throughout his career he has drawn for several other major publishers, including DC. Note: These have slight scuffing on the cover edges. Swallow, 2010. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: WOWC
Soft Cover, 7x10, 213pg, Partial Color
$19.95 $14.95

DRAWN TO ENCHANT Original Children's Book Art in the Betsy Beinecke Shirley CollectionBack in stock. Closeout Price!Recommended. By Timothy G. Young. This gorgeously illustrated book presents over 200 color illustrations selected from original artwork in the enchanting collection of the of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Includes many wonderful works by A.B. Frost, Peter Newell, N.C. Wyeth, Tony Sarg, Robert Lawson, Johnny Gruelle and others. Yale, 2007. ...More.

Mature Readers

Following up on the recent Manara The Golden Ass comes a new edition of Gullivera, his sexy take on the original Gulliver story. This one stars a sensuous, beautiful girl in the same adventures, first a giant and then a tiny woman among giants. It’s fun and quite explicit.

News
and Notes

We’re still waiting for our copies of the softcover and deluxe editions of The Sensuous Frazetta to arrive here. We got some advance copies at San Diego Comic-Con, but we’ve sent them all out to customers who’d advance-ordered copies. We do have just 3 left of the hardcover from the ten copies Holly Frazetta signed for us at the show. We will not be able to restock these signed, but we will bring in a few more of the unsigned hardcover. It’s a money-saving way to get the bonus 16 pages of material without the higher price of the deluxe edition. You can also reserve softcover or deluxe editions, we expect them by the end of August or the very first of September. This was our featured book at San Diego Comic-Con.

The World’s Best Tattoo Models Series 8 sounded like a fun book and we ordered copies, but we got just five and are being told now that there are NO more available. Take a look on the website, and order it immediately if you’d like one. With so few, I didn’t add it to the regular listings above since I think it’ll sell out over this weekend.

Last week we listed the artbook by Daxiong, the fine artist who allowed us to use his artwork on our latest catalog cover. I was out sick and didn’t get to polish my description, so wanted to mention even though we call this “remarqued,” Daxiong actually draws a full page, pen and ink illustration in every copy. It’s pretty darned nice and we think quite a deal.

If you haven’t heard yet, Jack Davis passed away July 27. He was born in 1924, and I think is just about the last of the EC stalwarts who was still with us. What can I say that hasn’t been said before in the many collections of his work.

Richard Thompson, author of Cul de Sac, also passed away from complications from Parkinson’s on the exact same day. We love his work and his career was cut far too short. Here’s a short piece by his friend, Nick Galifianakis, with links to more about Richard. We have the complete Cul de Sac on the website, along with two of his regular books, one on sale. Treat yourself to one and discover the funniest cartoonist I’ve seen since Bill Watterson.

Beauty and the Beast by Kinuko Y. Craft – She is so amazing, she actually painted an entirely original piece just for the bookplate that we produced for her new book. We just got the bookplates back from her, all nicely signed. Don’t miss this, it’s a wonderful book and the full color bookplate is extra-thick icing on the cake.

~Bud

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